first-year mlb batting records of japanese-born players

Tommy Bond had a record of 31-13 in his rookie season in 1876.

	NAME	REC	SEASON	TM	W%	G	W	L	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tommy Bond T. Bond	31-13	1876	HAR	.705	45	31	13	45	1.68	88	45	6	0	408.0	355	76	164	2	13	0	1,623	8	1.94	0.29	6.77	0.04	5.4	0.8	0.90	3.62	69	1.96	81	7.83	27.5
2	Joe Borden J. Borden	11-12	1876	BOS	.478	29	11	12	24	2.89	34	16	2	1	218.1	257	70	155	4	51	6	983	21	1.40	2.10	0.67	0.16	3.5	5.2	1.41	6.39	126	2.86	125	10.59	-15
3	Foghorn Bradley F. Bradley	9-10	1876	BOS	.474	22	9	10	21	2.49	16	16	1	1	173.1	201	48	116	1	16	1	779	7	0.83	0.83	1.00	0.05	2.1	2.1	1.25	6.02	109	2.40	105	10.44	-3
4	George Bradley G. Bradley	45-19	1876	STL	.703	64	45	19	64	1.23	103	63	16	0	573.0	470	78	229	3	38	0	2,269	34	1.62	0.60	2.71	0.05	4.5	1.7	0.89	3.60	58	2.14	101	7.38	-20.7
5	Candy Cummings C. Cummings	16-8	1876	HAR	.667	24	16	8	24	1.67	26	24	5	0	216.0	215	40	97	0	14	0	913	7	1.08	0.58	1.86	0.00	2.8	1.5	1.06	4.04	69	2.19	90	8.96	9.4
6	Dory Dean D. Dean	4-26	1876	CIN	.133	30	4	26	30	3.73	22	26	0	0	262.2	397	109	268	1	24	1	1,257	17	0.75	0.82	0.92	0.03	1.8	1.9	1.60	9.18	170	2.39	109	13.60	-11.5
7	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	30-35	1876	LOU	.462	68	30	35	68	1.56	122	66	5	0	622.0	566	108	309	3	37	0	2,568	14	1.77	0.54	3.30	0.04	4.8	1.4	0.97	4.47	62	2.08	82	8.19	50.7
8	Cherokee Fisher C. Fisher	4-20	1876	CIN	.167	28	4	20	24	3.02	29	22	0	0	229.1	294	77	206	6	6	4	1,039	6	1.14	0.24	4.83	0.24	2.8	0.6	1.31	8.08	138	2.40	109	11.54	-10.3
9	Lon Knight L. Knight	10-22	1876	PHI	.313	34	10	22	32	2.62	12	27	0	0	282.0	383	82	288	0	34	1	1,324	23	0.38	1.09	0.35	0.00	0.9	2.6	1.48	9.19	107	2.51	103	12.22	4.3
10	Jack Manning J. Manning	18-5	1876	BOS	.783	34	18	5	20	2.14	24	13	0	5	197.1	213	47	139	1	32	13	878	16	1.09	1.46	0.75	0.05	2.7	3.6	1.24	6.34	94	2.54	111	9.71	-6.5
11	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	21-34	1876	NYM	.382	56	21	34	56	2.86	37	55	2	0	516.0	693	164	395	8	24	0	2,327	3	0.65	0.42	1.54	0.14	1.6	1.0	1.39	6.89	128	2.43	109	12.09	-17.6
12	Cal McVey C. McVey	5-2	1876	CWS	.714	11	5	2	6	1.52	9	5	0	2	59.1	57	10	22	0	2	4	245	2	1.37	0.30	4.50	0.00	3.7	0.8	0.99	3.34	63	2.03	85	8.65	3.2
13	Tricky Nichols T. Nichols	1-0	1876	BOS	1.000	1	1	0	1	1.00	0	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	5	0	0	0	35	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.78	5.00	44	2.23	98	7.00	0
14	Al Spalding A. Spalding	47-12	1876	CWS	.797	61	47	12	60	1.75	39	53	8	0	528.2	542	103	226	6	26	2	2,219	1	0.66	0.44	1.50	0.10	1.8	1.2	1.07	3.85	73	2.38	99	9.23	9
15	Dale Williams D. Williams	1-8	1876	CIN	.111	9	1	8	9	4.23	9	9	0	0	83.0	123	39	75	1	4	0	367	5	0.98	0.43	2.25	0.11	2.5	1.1	1.53	8.13	193	2.32	106	13.34	-2.9
16	George Zettlein G. Zettlein	4-20	1876	PHI	.167	28	4	20	25	3.88	10	23	1	2	234.0	358	101	212	2	6	4	1,089	4	0.38	0.23	1.67	0.08	0.9	0.6	1.56	8.15	159	2.34	96	13.77	7.9
17	Joe Blong J. Blong	10-9	1877	STL	.526	25	10	9	21	2.74	51	17	0	0	187.1	203	57	121	0	38	4	813	29	2.45	1.83	1.34	0.00	6.3	4.7	1.29	5.81	106	2.90	112	9.75	-12.4
18	Tommy Bond T. Bond	40-17	1877	BOS	.702	58	40	17	58	2.11	170	58	6	0	521.0	530	122	248	5	36	0	2,165	18	2.94	0.62	4.72	0.09	7.9	1.7	1.09	4.28	76	2.52	91	9.16	13.6
19	Amos Booth A. Booth	1-7	1877	CIN	.125	12	1	7	8	3.56	18	6	0	0	86.0	114	34	75	1	13	4	398	7	1.88	1.36	1.38	0.10	4.5	3.3	1.48	7.85	133	3.02	113	11.93	-5
20	George Bradley G. Bradley	18-23	1877	CWS	.439	50	18	23	44	3.31	59	35	2	0	394.0	452	145	266	4	39	7	1,719	39	1.35	0.89	1.51	0.09	3.4	2.3	1.25	6.08	113	2.97	102	10.32	2.8
21	John Cassidy J. Cassidy	1-1	1877	HAR	.500	2	1	1	2	5.00	2	2	0	0	18.0	24	10	11	0	1	0	76	0	1.00	0.50	2.00	0.00	2.6	1.3	1.39	5.50	194	2.78	108	12.00	-0.9
22	Candy Cummings C. Cummings	5-14	1877	CIN	.263	19	5	14	19	4.34	11	16	0	0	155.2	219	75	144	2	13	0	709	15	0.64	0.75	0.85	0.12	1.6	1.8	1.49	8.33	163	3.12	117	12.66	-10.8
23	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	35-25	1877	LOU	.583	61	35	25	61	2.25	141	61	4	0	559.0	617	140	288	4	41	0	2,328	20	2.27	0.66	3.44	0.06	6.1	1.8	1.18	4.64	74	2.65	87	9.93	38.2
24	Bob Ferguson B. Ferguson	1-1	1877	HAR	.500	3	1	1	2	3.96	1	2	0	0	25.0	38	11	15	0	2	1	110	0	0.36	0.72	0.50	0.00	0.9	1.8	1.60	5.40	153	3.00	116	13.68	-1.9
25	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	29-25	1877	HAR	.537	56	29	25	56	2.14	96	55	4	0	501.0	510	119	285	2	53	0	2,132	18	1.72	0.95	1.81	0.04	4.5	2.5	1.12	5.12	83	2.82	109	9.16	-28.5

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Schwarber

17

Murakami

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Rice

RBI Leaders

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Pages

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Hicks

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Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

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Vargas

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Greene

Hit Leaders

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Lopez

59

Greene

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Witt

Run Leaders

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Wood

40

Judge

39

Baldwin

OBP Leaders

.434

Kurtz

.422

Greene

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Ward

SLG Leaders

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Rice

.624

Schwarber

.615

Moniak

SB Leaders

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Nuñez

20

Ramírez

16

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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Ashby

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Sale

6

Skenes

Strikeout Leaders

88

Misiorowski

84

Cease

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Sánchez

ERA Leaders

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Schlittler

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Martinez

1.61

Martin

WHIP Leaders

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Skenes

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Schlittler

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K/9 Leaders

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Misiorowski

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K/BB Leaders

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deGrom

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Walk Leaders

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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Wood

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Judge

DraftKings Points Leaders

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509

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Best Record ATS

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30-18

31-19

29-18

30-19

Worst Record ATS

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20-31

20-30

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	34	16	.680
Phillies	25	25	.500	9.0
Nationals	25	25	.500	9.0
Marlins	22	28	.440	12.0
Mets	21	28	.429	12.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	29	18	.617
Cubs	29	21	.580	1.5
Cardinals	28	21	.571	2.0
Pirates	26	24	.520	4.5
Reds	26	24	.520	4.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	31	19	.620
Padres	29	20	.592	1.5
Diamondbacks	25	23	.521	5.0
Giants	20	30	.400	11.0
Rockies	19	31	.380	12.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	33	15	.688
Yankees	30	20	.600	4.0
Blue Jays	22	27	.449	11.5
Red Sox	22	27	.449	11.5
Orioles	21	29	.420	13.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	30	22	.577
White Sox	25	24	.510	3.5
Twins	23	27	.460	6.0
Royals	20	30	.400	9.0
Tigers	20	31	.392	9.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	25	24	.510
Rangers	24	25	.490	1.0
Mariners	24	27	.471	2.0
Astros	20	31	.392	6.0
Angels	17	33	.340	8.5